Caviness v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the District Court of Lamar. Tried below before Hon. E. S. Chambers. Appeal from a conviction of seduction; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the seduction of Katie Hervey, an unmarried female under the age of 25 years, under a promise of marriage.
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Appeal from the District Court of Lamar. Tried below before Hon. E. S. Chambers. Appeal from a conviction of seduction; penalty, two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. The indictment charged appellant with the seduction of Katie Hervey, an unmarried female under the age of 25 years, under a promise of marriage. The seduction is alleged to have occurred on or about the 15th day of July, 1899. The prosecutrix was delivered of a child -in February, 1900. No further statement necessary, as the opinion fully states the nature of the other important matters occurring at the trial.
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.
Appellant was convicted for seducing Katie Hervey under a promise of marriage, and given two years in the penitentiary. While prosecutrix was testifying in behalf of the State, counsel for appellant asked questions tending to show she had made statements that Henry Dodd was the father of her then unborn child, and that she would not have had appellant arrested on this charge if not forced to do so by her father and brother. These matters were denied. This was preparatory to her impeachment. She was then asked if she had not for a long time prior to the 15th of July,…
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